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‘Zombie deer’ epidemic spreads to Yellowstone – are humans next?

A “zombie” deer epidemic is now attracting widespread attention because of fears that the disease could spread to humans.

Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), or “zombie” deer disease, is reportedly a highly contagious and always fatal disease “which leaves animals drooling, lethargic, stumbling and with a blank stare,” according to Newsweek.

According to reports, it’s been spotted in deer across the country for years but is only now starting to go viral because it was just spotted in Yellowstone this past October, when a deer was found deceased because of it.

“Its discovery in Yellowstone, whose ecosystem supports the greatest and most diverse array of large wild mammals in the continental US, represents an important public wake-up call, says Dr Thomas Roffe, a vet and former chief of animal health for the Fish & Wildlife Service, a US federal agency”.

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